I applaud the DRM-free downloads. However, I’m curious about the terms on which the recordings are offered. Are they being released into the public domain, or is the BBC (or someone else) retaining the copyright? If they remain copyrighted, what sort of license is being offered? (e.g., can people re-distribute the files, can they modify them and distribute the modified version, etc).
Just curious. If this information is already on the BBC site, I apologize, but I couldn’t find it.

TJVM:
“The BBC grants you a 7-day, non-exclusive licence to download this Beethoven Experience audio.
You may not copy, reproduce, edit, adapt, alter, republish, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use this audio in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use.
You may not use this file for the purpose of promoting, advertising, endorsing or implying a connection with you (or any third party) and the BBC, its agents or employees.
The BBC will not be liable for any loss or damage which you may suffer as a result of or connected with the download or use of this file.”
From the download page Tom pointed to.
You can download and use it for your personal use, but that’s all.

Just found out about this beautiful initiative yesterday evening, so I missed 5 out of 5. According to the “Download Disclaimer” it should not be possible to get them anymore. However, maybe someone has a suggestion how to get them??
Thx
Frans

If you want to download all Beethoven’s symphonies the easiest way to do it is to use bittorrent, first download a client – a popular one is azureus http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php then go to http://www.isohunt.com and search for beethoven symphonies there are a lot of results all different qualities and sizes, choose the one you want and click on it then click download torrent and select open. The torrent will open up in Azureus and as soon as you’ve selected a save directory it will start downloading. Happy listening 😀